With headquarters in Hong Kong, the 119-year-old multinational Li & Fung orchestrates the end-to-end production of millions of consumer goods, enabling the responsible management of high-volume, time-sensitive production for leading brands and retailers worldwide. LFX focuses on investing and scaling digital companies within the global value chain. LFX builds upon the extensive global network and domain knowledge inherited from Li & Fung, to spearhead transformative initiatives in the global supply chain. By forging connections between brands and retailers, tech companies and emerging market suppliers, LFX is actively shaping the supply chain of the future. As Platinum Sponsors of the Cascale Annual Meeting 2025 in Hong Kong, they will offer invaluable insights as catalysts driving industry-wide change.

Today, Li & Fung’s global operations stand at over 3,000 staff across over 30 different markets, resulting in significant opportunities to drive impact. Many global retailers and brands benefit from Li & Fung’s end-to-end supply chain expertise, which supports informed decision-making in the digital age. Recognizing the early importance of sustainability, Li & Fung was a founding member of Cascale and actively offers expertise. The company’s vision is simple but bold – to deliver value in global supply chains by living their values of humility, entrepreneurship, and family around people, partners, and planet.

LFX leverages Li & Fung’s century-long supply chain expertise to understand the interconnections within the global value chain and identify critical business opportunities at every stage. As both a venture capital and operator, the company collaborates with brands, retailers, suppliers, tech companies, and investors to accelerate innovation and deliver lasting business value. LFX accelerates growth and sustainability through strategic data insights, operational expertise, investment capital, and network access. By connecting industry stakeholders, LFX reshapes the global supply chain and retail sectors, forging a future defined by sustainable consumption and collective transformation.

Convening In Hong Kong 

Cascale’s Annual Meeting is its flagship event, where brand, retailer, manufacturer, and affiliate members come together to drive impact at scale. Last year, a record 600+ attendees convened in Munich; this year in Hong Kong, attendance is set to break that record. Reflecting the theme “A Movement for All,” the hybrid event offers opportunities for high-impact learning and collaboration on collective action to build a more sustainable and equitable future.

Highlights will include the Day 1 Opening Keynote with Joseph Phi, chief executive officer of Li & Fung, whose message will be one of next-generation leadership and logistical excellence. The keynote will provide a glimpse into the heritage of the company as well as the technological advancements that are critical to the future of the textile and apparel industry.

In the “Power, Partnership, and Purchasing: Rewiring the Brand-Supplier Relationship,” Ed Lam, CEO, LFX, and executive board director, Li & Fung will contribute his experience on how digital transformation, supply chain financing, and ecosystem partnerships play a role in rewiring the industry. The conversation includes Anne Laure Descours, sustainability advisor, PUMA; Dinesh Virwani, executive vice chairman, Epic Group; and Roger Lee, chief executive officer, TAL Apparel, among others. The session, moderated by former news anchor and journalist Isabelle Kumar, will look to bring insights into the existing power dynamic between buyers and suppliers, while offering a means to better finance industry efforts.

In a separate session, Jonathan Salmon, Li & Fung’s head of sustainability, will join speakers from Policy Hub, and FTI Consulting at “The Green Deal’s New Chapter: Are Europe’s Simplification Efforts Rewriting the Global Sustainability Story?” mainstage session, moderated by Felicia Hoeer, project manager Green Button, GIZ Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit. Speakers will explore recent European policy efforts to simplify reporting requirements and discuss whether adjusted timelines and retracted scope will help or hinder the sustainability business case.

Li & Fung and LFX will also host a roundtable titled “Supply Chain Finance: A Catalyst for Growth and Sustainability.” The invite-only roundtable is dedicated to exploring solutions on financing greener supply chains. Industry professionals will maximize the attendee engagement in an open dialogue.

Inspiring Collective Transformation 

Driven by today’s informed consumer, investor, and supply chain leaders, sourcing criteria that once reigned as supreme (such as cost, quality, and efficiency) now comes with the added expectations of data excellence, regulatory adherence, and innovations in supply chain visibility and sustainability. It is through this more equitable lens that people, planet, and supply chain partners become material to supply chain excellence.

As the Annual Meeting 2025 will showcase, companies that evolve with responsibility at the forefront will carve the future of business. From raw material to final production, consumer goods players can’t lose sight of the critical importance of partnership in the sustainability equation. With companies such as Li & Fung and LFX among the dedicated list of speakers and sponsors, Cascale’s Annual Meeting 2025 will be a critical step towards collective transformation and scalable action.